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11thGrade United States History

Mr. Weber

CSULA Chemistry Bungalow

September 29, 2008


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Activator: copy down the followingtimeline

1492 Columbus and European conquest

1607-1700 European settlement

Virginia, Mass., Jamestown

1730s and 40s 1stGreat Awakening

1750s and 60s Problems with Britain

1776 Declaration of Independence

1787 Constitution

1791 Bill of Rights

1801 Marbury v. Madison

1820s and 30s 2ndGreat Awakening/ Antislavery

1846 Mexican/American War


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Agenda:

Activator, agenda, objective (10 min.)

Mexican/American War Notes (20 min.) Mexican/American War class argument (20

min)

Zinn Reading (30 min.)

Exit ticket comprehension check (10 min)


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Objective

11.1.4 Students examinethe effects of theCivil War and Reconstruction and of theindustrial revolution, includingdemographic shifts and the emergence inthe late nineteenth century of the UnitedStates as a world power.

Can not understand effects withoutunderstanding causes


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Timeline of events leading to Mexican/American War (notes 20-30 min)

1821-- Newly independent Mexico grants slaveholding U.S. settlersland in Texas. Early settlers agree to take Mexican citizenship, convert toCatholicism, and speak Spanish; but some later settlers do not.

1829-30-- Mexico stops settlement of Texas by Americans and bansslavery

1835-36-- Settlers rebel against Mexican rule and declare independence.Mexico does not recognize Texas independence or a boundary at the RoGrande.

1836-45-- Texas as an independent nation is recognized by the UnitedStates, Britain, France, and the Netherlands, but not Mexico.

July 1845-- Texans vote to join the United States. December 1845-- Texas is annexed by the United States and becomes

the twenty-eighth state. January 1846-- U.S. troops occupy territory on the north bank of the Ro

Grande. April 1846-- Mexican calvary troops cross the Ro Grande and skirmish

with American forces. May 1846-- War begins between Mexico and the United States.


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Mexican/American War Vocabulary

IMPERIALISM [A].Noun. The actions by which one nation is able to

control other usually smaller or weaker nations- imperialist. noun or adjective

- imperialistic. adjective- imperialistically. adverb-- Webster Student Dictionary.

[B]. Noun. 1. The policy of extending a nation'sauthority by territorial acquisition or by the

establishment of economic and political hegemonyover other nations. 2. The system, policies, or practicesof such a government.

-- American Heritage Dictionary.


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Mexican/American War Vocab.

ANNEX Transitive verb. Inflected forms: annexed, annexing, annexes.

1. To append or attach, especially to a larger or more significantthing. 2. To incorporate (territory) into an existing political unitsuch as a country, state, county, or city. 3. To add or attach, as an

attribute, condition, or consequence. - annexation. Noun.


EXPANSIONIST

1. Noun.A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economicexpansion. - expansionist.Adjective and noun. - expansionistic.Adjective.



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Mexican/American War Notes

Statistics: U.S. troops: around 80,000. U.S. Generals: Zachary

Taylor, Winfield Scott, Stephen Kearney. Numberdead: 13,271. Wounded: 4,152.

Mexican troops: 25,000-40,000. Generals: AntonioLopez de Santa Anna, Mariano Arista, Pedro deAmpudia, Jose Maria Flores. Number dead orwounded: 25,000(Mexican government estimate).

Politics:

U.S. Whigparty opposed it. Southern Democratssupported it. Democrats believed in the doctrineof manifest destiny.


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Timeline of events leading to war

1821-- Newly independent Mexico grants slaveholding U.S. settlersland in Texas. Early settlers agree to take Mexican citizenship, convert toCatholicism, and speak Spanish; but some later settlers do not.

1829-30-- Mexico stops settlement of Texas by Americans and bansslavery

1835-36-- Settlers rebel against Mexican rule and declare independence.Mexico does not recognize Texas independence or a boundary at the RoGrande.

1836-45-- Texas as an independent nation is recognized by the UnitedStates, Britain, France, and the Netherlands, but not Mexico.

July 1845-- Texans vote to join the United States. December 1845-- Texas is annexed by the United States and becomes

the twenty-eighth state. January 1846-- U.S. troops occupy territory on the north bank of the Ro

Grande. April 1846-- Mexican calvary troops cross the Ro Grande and skirmish

with American forces. May 1846-- War begins between Mexico and the United States.


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Disputed Territory 1830

Dark purple indicatesarea of Mexican landgrants to U.S. settlers.

Tejano culturedevelops.

Southern slave statesinterested in

expanding west intoTexas.


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Independence and Annexation for Texas

Texas declares itself anindependent territory.

U.S. Annexes it in1845.

Mexico andAbolitionists in U.S.

claim thatslavepower made ithappen.


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1846: Hostilities Begin

ExpansionistPresident Polk wants

western territory. U.S. Troops stationed

on Rio Grande in1846.

Hostilities begin.


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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848

Mexico lost her nation.

In return, Mexico received$15,000,000 -- less thanhalf the amount the U.S.had attempted to offerMexico for the land beforethe opening of hostilities.

Tremendous amount of

wealth from naturalresources generated from

those states.


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Mexican/American War was an Act ofU.S. Imperialism Class Argument

Everyone stand up.

Make two lines facing one another.

Count off one by one down the line. Take a minute to study your bullet point.

First team starts by shouting first point at

other team. Other team responds all together Oh

yeah!?


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PERSPECTIVE ONE: MEXICOFrom Dana Lindman and Kyle Ward, History Lessons: How Textbooksfrom Around the World Portray U.S. History (New York: The NewPress, 2004), 72-78.

The war on Mexico was an act of United States imperialism! One reason for the separation of Texas was U.S. expansionist policies! The U.S. backed the separatist tendencies of the Texans! Texan insurgents attacked the Mexican Army in 1835 and declared

Texasindependence. As Mexico fought the Texan rebels, the U.S. recognized the independence of

the Republic of Texas in 1837. When the U.S. annexed Texas in 1845 and enlarged its borders at Mexicos

expanse, it began the U.S. intervention in Mexico (1846-1848). Southern slave states interest in expanding their territories in order to control

the U.S. Congress caused the military invasion of Mexico! U.S. support for adventurers, Indians, and military soldiers going to California

and New Mexico made tensions between our two countries worse.

President James Polk ordered troops to invade Mexico because she refused tosell New Mexico and California. Congress officially declared war in 1846. Mexican people were brave and heroic in the war against the United States. The U.S. paid 15 million pesos, but Mexico lost more than half its territory in the

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgoin 1848. (Mexico lost 2.4 million squarekilometers total).


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PERSPECTIVE TWO: UNITED STATESFrom Joyce Appleby, et al., The American Vision (New York: McGrawHill, 2007), 307-311.

Congress passed an annexation resolution and Texas joined the Union in 1845. Mexico was outraged and cut off diplomatic relations with the U.S. The U.S. and Mexico also disputed the southern boundary of Texas. President Polk wanted to buy California, but the Mexican president refused to

meet. That insult ended chances of a diplomatic solution Polk ordered troops into

southern Texas (and onto disputed territory). In 1846 Mexican forces attacked U.S. troops. American blood has been shed on American soil! Cried Polk. The U.S. was at

war by the act of Mexico herself. There were some opponents but it passed the Senate (40 to 2) and the House

(174 to 14). The U.S. planned a three-pronged attack with a plan to take Mexico City.

The U.S. won military victories, but despite Mexicos loss of vast territories, sherefused to surrender.

Mexico ceded, or gave up, more than 500,000 square miles in the Treaty ofGuadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. The U.S. paid $15 million dollars in exchange.

The dream of manifest destiny was finally realized: the United States nowstretched from ocean to ocean.


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Mexican/American War and the U.S.Civil War

Westward Expansion, theMexican/American War, and the Civil Warare all connected.

U.S. Civil War was fought between Northand South primarily over issue of slavery.

Big Issue of whether new states would

allow slavery and how that would affectthe power balance in government.


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Independent Reading

Howard Zinn:A Peoples History of theUnited States.

We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God. Independent reading pp.149-169.

The Mexican/American War

Reading process: beginning, middle, end

Cornell notes.


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Exit Ticket (10 minutes)

1. Was the Mexican/American War an act

of U.S. imperialism? Provide at least three specific examples.

2. How was the war connected with theU.S. Civil War?

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